The Poetics of Rage: Wole Soyinka, Jean Toomer, and Claude McKay - Softcover

Emmanuel E. Egar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761831509 ISBN 13: 9780761831501

Publisher: University Press of America, 2005

Synopsis

It is a universal truth that in times of political or social uncertainties the poet usually takes on the mantle of prophet, priest or seer. He becomes not just the custodian of justice, but also the symbolic voice of the unified society. And if he becomes the voice of the masses, it is also true that vox populi vox dei. It is in these unique and peculiar roles that Wole Soyinka (Nigeria), Claude Mckay (USA), and Jean Toomer (USA) used poetry as a medium to enunciate their anxieties, frustrations, doubts, hopes, and desires about the repressive systems in their respective countries. So, the poetics of rage is like the Voice of one Crying in the Wilderness.

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About the Author

Dr. Emmanuel E. Egar is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He earned a Ph.D. (English) from University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. (Higher Education) from the University of Texas at Denton. Professor Egar is also author of Black Women Poets of Harlem Renaissance and The Rhetorical Implications of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart both from University Press of America.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761831509
• ISBN 13: 9780761831501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74